photo by Ben Tinsley.A 15-year-old George West ISD sophomore relayed an emotional account of bullying and racially-related abuse she has suffered due to her Hispanic ethnicity to members of the new LULAC chapter during their first meeting Saturday.

A George West ISD teenager relayed dismay about racism Saturday while voicing her intention to join a new local chapter of the League of United Latin American Citizens.This chapter is perched atop a precarious political situation. There are three local investigations going on right now — a local watchdog group’s allegations of city and city manager wrongdoing; LULAC’s investigation into alleged racism against the city manager on the part of that watchdog group; and the city attorney’s investigation into the entire situation. For the entire story pick up a copy of the August 20 edition of the Progress.